以认知语言学的意象图式理论为指导,分析美国现代诗人西奥多·瑞特克的名诗《在黑暗的时刻》中意象的认知结构,我们能更深刻体会到诗人在绝望和孤独中为寻找真正的自我,追求光明的苦难历程。运用认知语言学理论可使英语诗歌的解读更富体验性,更加全面、深入。 Guided by the image schema theory of cognitive linguistics, this paper analyzes the cognitive structure of the image of the famous poem Theodore Reicke in the Dark Time. We can understand more deeply that the poet is in despair and In loneliness in search of true self, the pursuit of a bright journey of suffering. The use of cognitive linguistics theory can make the interpretation of English poetry more experience, more comprehensive and in-depth.